Josh Griffith
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Josh Griffith is an American soap opera writer and producer. During the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, he took over as Head Writer of The Young and the Restless. To do this, he moved to Financial core (FiCore) status with the WGA. Maria Arena Bell, a former writer at The Bold and the Beautiful and daughter-in-law of Y&R's creator William J. Bell, joined him as co-headwriter. During Griifith's first full week as HW, Y&R averaged 5,713,000 million viewers from December 31, 2007 - January 4, 2008, a decrease of 188,000 viewers from the comparable week in 2007. During his tenure as Executive Producer, Y&R reached a record low of 4,491,000 viewers on Friday, May 9, 2008. The previous lows were 4,742,000 on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 and 4,805,000 viewers on Friday, August 31, 2007. (Nielsen Media Research)
[edit] Positions Held
As The World Turns (ATWT)
- Script Writer (April 12, 2005 - June 29, 2006)
- Hired by Hogan Sheffer
One Life To Live (OLTL)
- Associate Head Writer (1991-1994; March 23, 2004 - September 28, 2004)
- Co-Head Writer (1994-1995; March 10, 2003 - March 22, 2004)
- Head Writer (February 3, 2003 - March 7, 2003)
Santa Barbara (SB)
- Breakdown Writer & Script Writer (1988-1991)
- Co-Creator (with Robert Guza Jr. 1997)
The Young And The Restless (Y&R)
- Breakdown writer (July 13, 2006 - October 2006)
- Creative consultant (July 7, 2006 - September 2006)
- Co-executive producer (October 2006-January 28, 2008)
- Head writer (December 25, 2007 - April 21, 2008)
- Executive producer (January 29, 2008 - Present)
- Hired by Barbara Bloom
[edit] Awards and Nominations
Griffith has been nominated for several Daytime Emmy Awards and Writers Guild of America Awards.
Y&R Main Crew
| HW | Associate/Breakdown/Script | Producers/Consultants | Directors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Arena Bell | Scott Hamner, Cherie Bennett, Darin Goldberg [1], Neil Landau, Christian McLaughlin, Sandra Weintraub, Linda Schreiber, Shelley Meals, Marla Kanelos, Barbara Bloom, Michael Montgomery, N.M. Slater, Eric Freiwald, Kathryn Pratt [2], Jeff Gottesfeld, Valerie Ahern, Linda Gase, James Stanley, Beth Milstein, Robin Burger, Jay Gibson | Josh Griffith (EP), John Fisher, Anthony Morina, Josh O'Connell, Matthew J. Olson, Steve Kent, Bill Bell Jr. | Susan Strickler, Phideaux Xavier, Sally McDonald, Andrew Lee, John Zak, Jill Ackles, Marc Berutti, Dean LaMont, David Shaughnessy |
| Colleagues of Josh Griffith |
|---|
| Linda Gottlieb, David Cherrill, Becky Cole, Lloyd Gold, Matthew T. Gannon, Jeffrey Sweet [3], James Fryman, Leslie Kwartin, Rick Draughon [4], Meg Bennett |
| Preceded by Lynn Marie Latham Scott Hamner |
Head Writer of The Young And The Restless (with Maria Arena Bell) December 26, 2007-April 21, 2008) |
Succeeded by Maria Arena Bell |
[edit] Awards & Nominations
Daytime Emmy Awards NOMINATIONS
- (2006; Best Writing; ATWT)
- (1992, 1994, 1995, 1996; Best Writing; OLTL)
- (1989-1991; Best Writing; SB)
WINS
- (1994; Best Writing; OLTL)
- (1989 & 1991; Best Writing; SB)
Writers Guild of America Award
- WGA NOMINATIONS: (2006 Season; Y&R); (2005 Season; ATWT); (1992, 1994, 2003 Season; OLTL); (1990 & 1991 Season; SB); (1997 Season; Sunset Beach)
WGA WINS: (1992 Season; OLTL); (1990 & 1991 Season; SB)
